Marius Petipa

Also known as Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa

French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)

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Marius Ivanovich Petipa was a French-Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history.

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Born: Marius Alphonse Petipa , ( 1818-03-11 ) 11 March 1818, Marseille , France
Died: 14 July 1910 (1910-07-14) (aged 92), Gurzuf , Taurida Governorate , Russian Empire
Resting place: Tikhvin Cemetery , St. Petersburg
Education: Brussels Conservatory , Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
Known for: Ballet, choreography

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Instance of: human
Given name: Marius
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Father: Jean-Antoine Petipa
Sibling: Lucien Petipa
Occupation: teacher
Educated at: Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Employer: Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre
Languages spoken: French
Award: Order of Saint Stanislaus
Notable work: Don Quixote
Field of work: dance
Genre: classical ballet
Image: Marius Petipa -1898.jpg

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Commons category: Marius Petipa
date of birth: 1818-03-11
date of death: 1910-07-14
name in native language: Michel-Victor-Marius-Alphonse Petipa
place of burial: Tikhvin Cemetery
pseudonym: Marius Ivánovich Petipa
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birth name: Victor Alphonse Petipa
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Encyclopedic overview

Marius Ivanovich Petipa (Russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа; born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa; 11 March 1818 – 14 July [O.S. 1 July] 1910) was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. He is considered one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history.

Petipa is noted for his long career as Premier maître de ballet (First Ballet Master) of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, making him Ballet Master and principal choreographer of the Imperial Ballet (today known as the Mariinsky Ballet), a position he held from 1871 until 1903. Petipa created over fifty ballets, some of which have survived in versions either faithful to, inspired by, or reconstructed from his originals. He is most noted for The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862); Don Quixote (1869); La Bayadère (1877); Le Talisman (1889); The Sleeping Beauty (1890); The Nutcracker (choreographed jointly with Lev Ivanov) (1892); Le Réveil de Flore (1894); La Halte de cavalerie (1896); Raymonda (1898); Les Saisons (1900), and Les Millions d'Arlequin (a.k.a. Harlequinade) (1900).

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